Ireland is suspending use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as a precautionary measure following further reports of blood clots in people who have received it, this time from Norway.
The deputy chief medical officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, said Ireland's advisory body on vaccines had recommended that deployment of the AstraZeneca jab should be "temporarily deferred" with immediate effect. He stressed, though, that there was no proof that the vaccine had caused blood clots.
The pause in Ireland's use of the AstraZeneca vaccine came as the head of the UK's Office for National Statistics, Prof Sir Ian Diamond, said he had "no doubt" there would be a further wave of coronavirus infections in the autumn.
His comments on BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show echoed warnings from England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, who has said there are risks in reopening society and the UK will experience another surge of cases at some point, potentially in late summer or through the autumn and winter....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...